Canucks News N Notes 25-26

[2Fingers]

...and then there are his Swedish meatballs.

Is this what they serve at IKEA?

I remember a trip to Germany for business, in and out in 3 days. We went out for dinner and I love sausage/meat so still me I ordered a wiener. I was never so disappointed in my life expecting a solid sausage and I get this 12"+ 1/2" diameter thing on my plate. What ever happened to pictures on menus so you know what your getting.

[Cousin Strawberry]

12"+ 1/2" diameter thing

Long and thin always gets it in

[5thhorseman]

...and then there are his Swedish meatballs.

Is this what they serve at IKEA?

I remember a trip to Germany for business, in and out in 3 days. We went out for dinner and I love sausage/meat so still me I ordered a wiener. I was never so disappointed in my life expecting a solid sausage and I get this 12"+ 1/2" diameter thing on my plate. What ever happened to pictures on menus so you know what your getting.

Dude, every region in Germany has their local sausage and local beer. Sometimes a local beer mug/glass as well. Did a driving tour of the motherland some years back and sampled many.

[Carl Yagro]

Dat dere better Carl?

Hehe, I don't think Donny will find that better.

"You will respect my authoritah!"

- Donny Cartman

Swedish cabbage rolls and meatballs actually do have a Ukranian connection.

...

But hey, we got meatballs, cabbage rolls and coffee, so it wasn't a total waste!

Didn't expect a culinary history lesson from simple mockery of Cuz.

Interesting. Thanks, Per.

I like the sound of King Carl.

[Lancer]

I like the sound of King Carl.

Carls who are Kings don't enjoy the best of ends historically.

[Hockey Widow]

Kravtsov placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a buyout. That reunion didn't last long.

[donlever]

Another smooth move by our intrepid Managemnt group.

[Hockey Widow]

I think it was a low risk move to see if the kid could play in the NHL after a pretty good return to the KHL. At least it wasn't a 5x5 type of deal. I also think he agreed to return on the promise that if he didn't make the Canucks they would try to trade him to another team to give him a shot, or terminate his contract somehow so he could return to the Mother land. I remember reading somewhere that that was the plan. He wouldn't stay a full season and stay in the AHL.

Too bad really. Abbey is hurting right now and he could not even take advantage of his opportunities there to showcase himself for other NHL teams.

[donlever]

I think it was scrambling to fill holes on a hope and a prayer.....

I think they thought Ricky was to hard on the poor lad and gave him another chance...

I think Kravstov is a soft, weak player and should stay in Russia..

I think they should have looked at other options....

I think I worry about whether our entire Management group, owners on down, are capable of doing what it takes to make this work...

...and by doing what it takes, for the Rutherford has done it before crowd, that could equate to he and Allvin being handcuffed to limited free roll proactivity by FA and the boyz....

[Carl Yagro]

Carls who are Kings don't enjoy the best of ends historically.

Carl Grundstrom had a pretty sad 6-year reign in L.A.

Now, he's in Philly with Tocchet behind him enjoying the best of his end...

I guess you're right. What sounds good may not be actually all that great.

[Madcombinepilot]

Another smooth move by our intrepid Managemnt group.

Meh. They took a flyer on the kid and did not expend any assets to do it.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Karl Childers ruled over them fried taters and biscuits 'n gravy with authority for decades

[Cornuck]

Another smooth move by our intrepid Managemnt group.

Meh. They took a flyer on the kid and did not expend any assets to do it.

Yep - nothing ventured, nothing gained - but I wouldn't mind seeing one of these work out sometime.

[UWSaint]

I think it was scrambling to fill holes on a hope and a prayer.....

I think they thought Ricky was to hard on the poor lad and gave him another chance...

I think Kravstov is a soft, weak player and should stay in Russia..

I think they should have looked at other options....

I think I worry about whether our entire Management group, owners on down, are capable of doing what it takes to make this work...

...and by doing what it takes, for the Rutherford has done it before crowd, that could equate to he and Allvin being handcuffed to limited free roll proactivity by FA and the boyz....

Nah. It was a no downside move. It didn't prevent them from looking at other options -- Canucks still had a few spaces in the 50 man to add more players. Whether they should have looked at more options is certainly a criticism, but *nothing* about signing Kravtsov impacted their ability to look at more options.

Also, the signing didn't crowd out prospects in Abby; Canucks needed (and need more) non-prospect AHL types to ice a lineup, and its not like Abby is busting with winger prospects who'd miss out on ice time.

And I don't think they penciled him in to contribute when they made the move. It was more like -- we have his rights, he just finished a KHL season with the kind of stat line that would have teams poking around if he were a FA (he was 6th in the league in points; 9th in goals), he was a once a top prospect, and let's see if he learned anything. It is sort of like being given a lottery ticket. You still don't think you are going to win just because you accept the gift. But there's a small small chance.

But Kravstov didn't learn anything. Not even enough to look like a better option than Labate or McEachern, guys in their 30s who are AHL fillers. And so the most likely thing happened -- a thing so likely ex ante that it was something the team and player contemplated and negotiated for.

I'm not an apologist for this group, but this nothing move is not evidence of their shortcomings.

[donlever]

I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with all y'all.

Neutral moves on retreads we've been down the road with once already on the heels of last years Management shit show equate to failure.

If I hire a gumby, and he proves to indeed be a gumby and I shit can him for being a gumby that's on him.

If I hire him back thinking maybe he's not a gumby anymore and he's still a gumby that ends up in negative roi that's on me.

Kravstov quacks.

Dude is a duck.